iPhone 3G: Sold out in 21 states — Shoppers hunting for iPhone 3Gs can still find them — if they're willing to get up early and, in some cases, drive long distances. — As of 6:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, all three models (8GB black, 16 GB black or white) of the hot-selling device were sold out in 21 states …

iPhone 3G Unlocked with SIM Card Adapter — Just four days after its launch, the iPhone 3G has been unlocked for the first time exactly like the original iPhone: using a special card that piggybacks to your SIM card, fooling the phone into thinking it's using an official carrier.

Finding A Perfect Match — Last month, Twitter had a very special date in New York City. We met with another startup, had lunch at the famous Shake Shack, and spent some quality time together in Union Square. The meeting with this other startup was largely a formality …

Confirmed: Twitter Acquires Summize Search Engine — It turns out those rumors last week were accurate. Microblogging site Twitter has acquired the Summize search engine, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams confirmed to me. The size of the transaction is not being disclosed, although the transaction price was paid “mostly in stock.”

The backstory on Senate's Google-Yahoo hearing — The U.S. Senate is holding a hearing Tuesday on the antitrust implications of the Google-Yahoo ad deal, and the two companies, along with Microsoft, are testifying. You should expect sober, selfless discussions conducted with the public's best interests in mind.

S.F. officials locked out of computer network — (07-14) 19:23 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A disgruntled city computer engineer has virtually commandeered San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network, altering it to deny access to top administrators even as he sits in jail on $5 million bail, authorities said Monday.

Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar — [UPDATE: Suit now confirmed. More to follow shortly ...] — It seems that Apple has grown tired of Apple-clone Psystar and has filed suit against the Florida company at the federal district court for the northern district of California.

The Law and Your Privacy: An Update — As we let you know on July 4, YouTube received a court order to produce viewing history data. We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information.

Intel Centrino 2 lives — Following a technical stumble which allowed AMD to gain a lead, Intel has now released the long awaited Centrino 2 notebook platform. — The platform, code-named “Montevina” was due for release last month but a technical hitch meant that the launch had to be delayed …

iPhone Device Software 2.0.1 on the way? — Every once in a while, we have a slow enough day at the BGR HQ that we sometimes put on our “nerd glasses” and peruse our web server logs for some nitty gritty information. As we are a fairly popular gadget and technology blog, (no …

Digg Traffic to Print Media — Apparently since Digg has been making efforts to extend from tech to other types of news, there have been more stories from mainstream media and fewer from blogs on the homepage. In March, I did a post showing that Digg sent more of its traffic to Entertainment websites …

Apple: Will Sept. Qtr Guidance Disappoint the Street? — Apple (AAPL) has a well-established pattern of low-balling its financial guidance - and BMO Capital's Keith Bachman thinks we will see more of the same when it comes to the September quarter. — In a research note this morning …

Delver's Social Graph Search Engine Now Open to All — Delver, which came out of stealth back in January is announcing today that its social graph search engine is open to the public. While the product certainly is intriguing, curb your expectations as Delver has slapped an “Alpha” status on it.